Adhesive display sign



Sept. 5, 1950 R. J. LEANDER 2,521,641

ADHESIVE DISPLAY SIGN Filed March 11, 1946 jaw/2Z3] fiaaseldikalzak-r Patented Sept. 5, 1950 ADHESIVE DISPLAY SI GN Russell J. Leander, Chicago, Ill., assignor to Chicago Show Printing 00., Chicago, 111., a corpoa ration of Illinois Application March 11, 194e, $erial No; 653,455

This invention relates to a duplex or double faced sign particularly adapted to be removably supported upon a variety-of plane surfaces such as glass, metal, fiber, and the like, although it may also be utilized with a variety of diiferent displays and with different types of holders.

An important object of the invention is to provide a support for a sign which will adhere without damage to a plane surface of glass, metal, fiber, and the like, and will hold a display member projected therefrom at right angles to the supporting surface.

A further object of the invention is to provide a demountable display in which the holder may be applied either permanently or removably, by means of an adhesive to a supporting surface, and the display member may be removably inserted therein in a projecting position with means for holding it at right angles to the support.

Still a further object of the invention is to provide an adhesive holder with a supporting slot inwhich an oppositely flanged display member is insertable for holding the display member in distended position and tending to prevent it from being deflected in opposite directions.

A further object of the invention is to provide an adhesive holder and a removable display, for engaging the holder, both made of inexpensive sheet material and comprising a display face sign which may be easily and quickly changed without requiring special tools or appliances for changing the display or for attaching the holder.

Other objects of the invention will appear in the specification and will be apparent from the accompanying drawings in which,

Fig. 1 is a plan view of the rear face of a holder in accordance with the principles of this invention having an adhesive applied thereto;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a display member in accordance with this invention having oppositely bent attaching and supporting flanges;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view of an assembled holder and display sign embodying the parts shown in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, the display sheet being inserted in the attachment slot of the holder; and

Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the display sheet showing the flanges as bent oppositely.

It is frequently desirable to apply a display in the form of a sign to a store window, to a metal or other supporting surface which is adapted to receive an adhesive holder. The present invention provides a display member adapted to engage in a slot of a holder of this kind so that the opposite face of the sign will both be visible, from the different sides thereof, the sign being held in 3 Claims. I (Cl. 40-125) distending position by from the same edge of the sign.

'Re'ferring now more particularly to the drawings, this invention is described as a display sign made up or composed of sheets of cardboard, paperboard, or any similar suitable material having some stiffness and rigidity. It may also be made" of metal, fiber, and other materials preferablyin sheet form and not too heavy'so that they may be supported" and held by a suitable adhesive. i

A holder sheet 10 of suitable material and having a y desired shape is provided with a slot ll glassl 3 will adhere readily thereto and is not easily disengaged. I

Asshown-in' Fig; 1, the adhesive is applied in a pattern which'terminates at a distance from the edges of the slot'll and this coating of adhesive is shown as having an appreciable thickness so that when applied to a supporting surface as of a glass l3, the rear of the holder In is spaced slightly from the adjacent surface of the glass. The open edge of the slot H is usually placed uppermost and the slot terminates at a distance from the lower or opposite edge of the holder and also preferably at a distance from the adhesive A display sign I 4 has opposite faces both of which may contain any desired display material, warning or directional signs or various illustrations or information. This sign is also preferably of sheet material, the same as or different from that of the holder ID, as desired. At one edge of the display material, adjacent marginal portions are separated by a cut or slit l5 inwardly from the edge and these portions are bent oppositely to form attachment flanges l 6 and l! which are bent or folded upon the same fold line or axis ill, but in opposite directions, and at right angles to the faces of the sign I4.

These flanges l6 and I! are placed at the rear of the holder sheet l0 against the adjacent surface of the glass I3, or other support, and the display sheet is inserted lengthwise into the slot II, the flanges l6 and I! being disposed at opposite flanges bent oppositely 3 sides of the slots. so that they are confined in a space 18 between the holder and the supporting surface and therefore tend to prevent the outer end of the display sheet from being bent oppositely on the outside of the holder sheet I0.

With this construction, the display sheet may be readily inserted and removed, various changeable signs maybe inserted from time to time such as the changing price of a commodity in a store, or the sign itself may be interchanged with other or similar signs. Although sheet paper has been described as the material of the sign and the holder, other materials such as metal fiber and the like, may be utilized in a similar manner.

Although a particular embodiment of the sign has been thus described in detail, it should be considered as an example only and not as a limitation of the invention since various changes in the construction, combination, and arrangement of the parts may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

I claim:

1. In a 'tWo-sideddisplay to project at right angles from a verticalsupporting surface, a sheet having display material on opposite side faces, and extending flanges at the same edge bendable oppositely at right angles, a flat sheet holder for attachment to the vertical surface having a slot extending downwardly from the upper edge to receive the display sheet therein with the flanges at the rear of the holder sheet, and adhesive attaching means at the rear of the holder and at the sides of the slot having a'thickness at least as great as that of the said flanges so the holder will be spaced from the support an amount to allow the flanges to slip between the support and the back of the holder and to maintain the display sheet in a right angular position in front of the holder.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a demountable two-sided display for attachment to plane surfaces, comprising a sheet-like holder having a slot extending inwardly from one edge, an adhesive at the rear side of a thickness to space the holder from a supporting surface about the thick ness' of the holder and spaced from the edges of the slot, and a display sheet of a thickness to slide in the slot and having flanges at the rear 4 edge bent oppositely at right angles from a common line adapting them to engage the opposite nonadhesive portions at the sides of the slot when the display is inserted in the slot.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a demountable adhesively applied two-sided display comprising a display sheet having flanges bent oppositely from the same line at rightangles to the sheet, a holder sheet therefor with a slot therein from one edge to receive the display sheet closely but slidable therein with the flanges projecting at opposite, sides of the slot at the rear of the holder sheet, and an adhesive support attached to the rear of the holder sheet for attaching it adhesively to a supporting surface, the adhesive support having a thickness substantially the same as that of the flanges to provide a space for them between the back of the holder sheet and any surface to which the display is attached and the adhesive support being spaced from the sides of the slot so that the flanges are not engaged thereby, so that display sheets are movable and interchangeable, and the display sheets are maintained in right angles extending position by the engagement of the flanges at the front with the back of the holder sheet and at the back with a supporting surface to which the display is applied.

RUSSELL J. LEANDER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PA'IENTS Number Name Date 354,303 Case al Dec. 14,1886 1,041,224 Adams 111-. -1; Oct. 15, 1912 1,188,227 Woods et al. June 20, 1916 1,567,195 Rosseau Dec. 29, 1925 1,592,196 Ganz 11 July 13,1926 1,787,734 Rowling I. Jan. 6,1931 1,793,568 Schwartz -a-- Feb. 24, 1931 1,850,237 Marsh Mar. 22, 1932 2,080,733 Mull May 18, 1937 2,081,095 M1111 May 18, 1937 2,103,106 Yurkovitch -1 Dec. 21,1937 2,116,908 Mull .1 May 10, 1938 

